Thomas Leyland > Dentons > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
ONE FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7WS
England
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Work Department

Litigation and Arbitration

Position

Thomas is a partner in our London Disputes practice. He has particular expertise in high-value, high-profile High Court disputes across a broad range of industries. Thomas has particular expertise acting for banks and other financial services institutions.

Thomas also has significant experience of legal process outsourcing and has coordinated major, cross-border, document review exercises. As such, he also has a particular interest in electronic disclosure and the outsourcing of document review. He has spoken at national events on these topics.

Thomas is a member of the highly regarded Commercial Litigation team that was commended for Commercial Litigation Team of the Year by Legal Business Awards 2018.

Memberships

Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales

Education

University of Sheffield, 1999, LLB

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

Dentons‘ team of ‘hugely experienced and trusted’ specialist banking litigators provides clients with both litigation and regulatory support. The group’s broad expertise spans derivatives and ISDA interpretation disputes, agency and trustee issues, and securities litigation. Felicity Ewing is head of the financial markets litigation team and enjoys a growing reputation in the group litigation space. Thomas Leyland is a key contact, specialising in financial services disputes. Active in fintech disputes, Craig Neilson is adept at handling disputes involving payments and cryptocurrencies. Tom Hanson represents a range of financial institutions and acts for defendants in group litigation.